PP470 Fluffy Little Frosty Snowman

Happy Sunday, peeps!  AND Happy December!  Woohoo!  Laurie is our Paper Players hostess with a sweet, fun theme challenge:

How cute is this little snowman?  He reminded me of a Penny Black snowman image I had, so I dusted it off, inked it up in some Weathered Wood Distress Ink and did a wee bit of watercoloring to give him some life:

For my layout, I used the Paper Craft Crew Card sketch:

I stamped my little snowman on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock, trimmed out the top of his hat and then ran it through the Big Shot with the hat placed OVER the top of the die.  I then colored him with Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Flirty Flamingo and Pumpkin Pie inks and an aquapainter:

I found a couple of background papers in my stash that I thought would look good together; the blue paper even had some foil-printed snowflakes already on it!  Perfect!  I added some Silver Foil swirls and snowflakes and adhered a few silver sequins as well.  The sentiment is from an old Whippersnapper set, and believe it or not, this is NOT a Christmas card...it's a birthday card for a special someone who has a December birthday!  So I stamped this on this inside:

along with another little snowman in the corner, from the same Whippersnapper set!  I love snowmen!

I know there are lots of you out there that just love snowmen, so show us what you create at the Paper Players!  And meanwhile, check out what the DT has created over at the PP blog!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy hasn't worked on her loopy-yarn blanket for a while, so I was happy when Dana sent me these pictures!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday, Critter Christmas (Penny Black), Winter Schminter (Whippersnapper)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Shimmery White, Silver Foil,  Silver Bells DSP (Kaisercraft), Meadow DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Weather Wood (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Silver Sequins (ret), Dimensionals, Ice Stampin Glitter
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Squares Dies, Christmas Cardinal Dies (for swirls), Trio of Tags Dies (for snowflakes), Aquapainter

PP458 Ann's Pretty Colors

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope your weekend is going well so far!  Time for another Paper Players challenge with the talented Ann as our hostess!  She has a pretty fall color challenge for us this week:

Some of these colors are in the new Come to Gather DSP, so I paired a few of the patterns with some Merry Merlot DSP to come up with this:

It follows the Fab Friday sketch:

and I used some strips to create the horizontal elements; I used the woodgrain paper for my background, and I cut an open circle from the Merry Merlot DSP, along with a MM leaf diecut, for a focal image.  I hand-cut a little tag from the same woodgrain paper and stamped a sentiment from Here's a Card, then added some sequins, a faceted element and a little twine bow!

As I do often, I created another card with a totally different feel using the same colors!  This one uses the sketch from FMS, the CAS on Sunday challenge to use a diecut sentiment, and the Festive Friday Inspo challenge;  I used stripes, a bird, and pearls:

And here we go!  For this card, I hand-painted some stripes in Pretty Peacock on a piece of diecut Whisper White, then  used my Stamparatus to ink flowers from Perennial Birthday in Merry Merlot and Versamark, then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and watercolored them in.  They're not too hard to fussy-cut, so after doing that, I mounted them on a "wreath" from Sweetly Swirled, stamped in Cajun Craze:

I masked off part of another sentiment from Here's a Card and stamped it on the striped piece to go with my diecut sentiment and bird, which are both from the Well Written dies, and I added some speckles and pearls to finish it off:

Please be sure to stop by the Paper Players blog to see the fabulous creations the DT has made, then share yours with us as well!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Card One Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Here's a Card
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Come to Gather DSP, Merry Merlot DSP, Merry Merlot
Ink	Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Dimensionals, Linen Twine, Faceted Embellishment, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies, Seasonal Layers Dies

Card Two Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday, Here's a Card, Sweetly Swirled
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White
Ink	Merry Merlot, Pretty Peacock, Cajun Craze, Versamark
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Aquapainter, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Well Written Dies, Stamparatus

Mosaic Seahorse

Happy Monday, peeps!  No challenges today, but I thought I'd share a card I made recently to highlight some new products:  the In Color Terracotta Tile, Seaside Notions, and the beautiful Mosaic Mood Specialty DSP.  So here we go:

I began by trimming a piece of the Mosaic Mood DSP along the tile lines; these papers are clear-embossed on one side, very, very pretty!  To keep with the embossed look, I stamped the seahorse in Terracotta Tile using my Stamparatus, then cleaned the stamp, keeping it in the same position, and reinked it several times with Versamark ink.  Once I sprinkled it with clear embossing powder, heated it and fussy-cut it out, I was ready to color it with an aquapainter and some ink!  I added a sentiment from the same set, framed in a Stitched Rectangle die and adhered it atop a lightly-stamped coral image:

  

Perennial Birthday provided the inside sentiment:

No pix today, gotta run!  I have stamping girls coming soon, and I can't wait to get inky with them!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

IB64 Today Blooms

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Time for another Inspired By challenge....it's a warm vintage one today, here's what I created (the photo doesn't do it justice, really):

And here's Laurel's sweet prompt:  

Spring lovelies they are, too!  Just look at all that homespun goodness!  I started by diecutting an oval from the front of a Naturals White panel, then stamped it with the Linen background stamp in Sahara Sand ink.  For my background, I stamped the Buffalo Check background stamp in Pear Pizzazz and placed it behind the "window". I mounted all of this on a Soft Seafoam card base.  My diecut flowers in Pear Pizzazz and Almost Amethyst were laid along side the edge of the oval and accented with a couple of sequins:

Finally, I "tied" the stems with a piece of crochet trim and Old Olive linen thread.  My sentiment is from Perennial Birthday, and I hand-cut it out and sponged the edges:

I could gaze for hours at this pretty vignette that Laurel found!!  It's so homey and cozy...what inspires you?  I hope you'll play along with us this week as well!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday, Buffalo Check Background, Linen Background (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Soft Seafoam, Pear Pizzazz, Almost Amethyst (ret)
Ink	Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Old Olive Linen Thread, Crochet Trim (ret), Sequins (Sylvia on Etsy)
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Framelits, Prim Poppy Die (Memory Box)

Paper Players 433 One Layer Bluebird

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Hope you're having a great weekend!  I had a fun workshop yesterday as well as an "Everybody Birthday Party" last night at church!  Busy weekend!  It's a good thing that Jaydee's Paper Players challenge was a One-Layer Clean and Simple one!

One-layer cards can be a challenge for sure...we all love to put layers, embellishments and froufrou things on our cards, don't we?  For my one-layer card, I chose to use some Shimmery White cardstock; it's sturdier than regular white, has a lovely little sheen to it, and accepts watercoloring better than regular white.  So here we go:

I stamped my little bluebird from Best Birds in Stazon black ink, then watercolored him with an aquapainter and some Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Grapefruit Grove, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight inks:

I added a little ground with Soft Suede and some very, very pale speckles (Itty Bitty Backgrounds-retired, unfortunately) in Sahara Sand.  For the sentiment, I used a cool heat-embossing technique!  Using the Stamparatus, ink and stamp your sentiment in your color of choice; for this one, I used a birthday sentiment from Perennial Birthday and Early Espresso ink.  Leave your stamp on the Stamparatus plate and very carefully clean off all the ink, then re-ink and stamp again with Versamark.  I always like to ink and stamp a couple of times to make sure I get good coverage!  Then simply sprinkle it with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set, and you have a lovely embossed image in any color!!

Once I had done the embossing, I added some "sky" watercoloring with Balmy Blue, along with a few more speckles!  Simple and easy!

I hope you'll step up to the challenge and create a one-layer wonder card this week and share it with us at the Players!  Check out what the others did at the Paper Players blog!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Birds, Perennial Birthday, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Shimmery White
Ink	Versamark, Stazon Black, Early Espresso, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Calypso Coral, Grapefruit Grove, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake
Accessories
Tools	Aquapainter, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Stamparatus

PP420 A Sketch from Sandy Times Two

Hello, stamping friends!  Hope your weekend is spiffy so far!  Sandy is our hostess for this week's Paper Players challenge, and she has a fabulous sketch!  Loved it so much, I made two cards!  So here we go:

 

I haven't used the Farmhouse Memories DSP too much this season, so I chose to do an almost-monochromatic card using Mossy Meadow with a touch of Crumb Cake for my first seasonal card:

Christmas Pines is one of the most versatile Christmas sets you could own...the sentiments are so pretty, as are the greenery pieces!  Here, I stamped the sentiment and added some Crumb Cake pinecones, then matted my square with a stitched mat and added some greenery and sequins.  I also separated a piece of thick baker's twine to make it less bulky and tied a little bow to embellish my pinecones:

The inside also has a Crumb Cake mat; sentiment is stamped in Crumb Cake and the greenery in Soft Sea Foam:

And I am also entering this in the Color Throwdown this week:

I also needed a birthday card for our soon-to-be-three-year-old nephew!  For my second card, I used a Balmy Blue card base, embossed with a geometrical EF, then added some plaid papers from Lawn Fawn and the loader from I Dig You:

I added some presents and a little "3" from the retired Little Numbers die in the bucket of the loader:

A Tim Holtz number and a sentiment from Perennial Birthday finished it off!

This sketch is great to use little pieces of DSP, and we all have them laying around!  Show us what you can create and share it with us at the Paper Players!  Can't wait to see it!  Meanwhile, check out what the DT created:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie - on break

·        Jan

·        Ann

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Pines
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Farmhouse Memories DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Sequins from my stash, DImensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Pines Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	I Dig You (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, Perfectly Plaid Winter DSP (Lawn Fawn)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, Stazon Black
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Framelits, Little Numbers Thinlets (ret), Zigzag EF (ret)

PP416 Birthday Sketch

Hi everyone!  I hope everyone on the east coast weathered the storm okay!  We got rain, rain, rain!  It was a good time to stamp!  Anne Marie is our Paper Players hostess with an awesome sketch for us this week!  Check it out:

I really need some birthday cards, so that's what I went for today!  So here we go:

I had a few other challenges in mind while creating this card; Little Red Wagon wants distressing; the Color Throwdown has a rust, teal and cream challenge; and TGIF is featuring washi tape and baker's twine:

So I went through my huge stash of 6x6" pads and found some papers to match the colors; after sponging and distressing them a bit, I adhered them to a Very Vanilla card that had been stamped in Sahara Sand with the Linen background stamp, and I sponged the edges of that too!  I used a tag punch to create a little tag on which I stamped a bird's nest, then added a little watercolored bird diecut from the Birds & Bloooms die:

I mounted some retired washi tape on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and added some linen braid for the horizontal piece; I know it's not baker's twine so if I get "disqualified", I understand!  Finally, on the inside I added a feather stamp and a sentiment from Perennial Birthday:

And just for fun, I created another card, this one is a thank-you for a friend of mine, using Share What You Love DSP and a sentiment from A Big Thank You:

I fussy-cut a flower from the floral DSP and tucked it under my ribbon, then colored some pearls with a Mint Macaron Blend to add a little oomph:

I hope you'll find some inspiration from Anne Marie's sketch...I already have several more ideas in my head, it's a great one for using up pretty DSPs!!!  Check out what the other designers created:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie - off this week

·        Jan

·        Ann

Cassidy earned her orange belt this week:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday, A Big Thank You, Soft as a Feather (ret), Linen Background (ret),  Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Watercolor, Petal Pink, Basic Black, Share What You Love DSP, Fall Break DSP (Carta Bella), Fall is in the Air DSP (Echo Park), Botanical Tea DSP (Graphic 45)
Ink	Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Lost Lagoon, Cajun Craze, Basic Black
Accessories	Washi Tape (ret), Linen Braid, Dimensionals, Pearls, Soft Sky Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Birds and Blooms Thinlets, Tag Punch, Sponge Daubers, Aquapainter, Stitched Shapes Framelits